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"Paddy's fleet"

In Albert Demuth's letters he talks about hunting for General McRae in December 1863. He said "he (McRae)appears to be a myth, or, something like Paddy's fleet[?], never to be found where you want it."

Does anybody know what "Paddy's fleet" is?

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Thanks Bryan and Dave